GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| guileless | innocent |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| retrench | cut down |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |